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SABMiller’s big merger with suitor Anheuser-Busch is on the rocks thanks to Brexit

Article Staff Reporter - 27 Jul 2016

The deal to merge SABMiller and AB InBev will create a behemoth controlling about half of the industry’s profits.

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This is what the SABMiller chief’s tax bill could do to his R1-billion windfall

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Jul 2016

Alan Clark, the latest of the tycoons who have to pay their dues to Sars, has some options that may minimise his liability.

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SABMiller subsidiary workers battle for incentive payout

Article Athandiwe Saba - 21 Apr 2016

Work hard, Coleus Packaging said, and we’ll give you an incentive. But more than 70 workers are losing hope they will get their final instalment.

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Disgruntled drivers want to put brakes on Coke merger

Article Athandiwe Saba - 11 Mar 2016

A group of owner-drivers for SABMiller’s ABI subsidiary want the Competition Tribunal to block a major restructuring of local Coca-Cola operations.

Bottling merger worries smaller beverage firms

Article Thalia Holmes - 28 Jan 2016

Smaller firms are concerned that SABMiller’s merger with a Coca-Cola division to form CCBSA may freeze them out of shelf space at retailers.

InBev gives JSE an excuse to party

Article Staff Reporter - 3 Dec 2015

The new listing by Anheuser-Busch InBev could add 25% to the exchange’s market capitalisation.

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SA beer bosses bag big barrels of bucks

Article Lynley Donnelly - 22 Oct 2015

The potential benefits for top management, this time SABMiller execs, once again raise issues of pay inequality in the corporate world.

The beer-all and end-all of mergers still has some way to go

Article Lynley Donnelly - 15 Oct 2015

But AB Inbev is so confident the SABMiller deal will fly, it's ready to fork out $3-billion in the event it falls through.

Big brewers face off over public offer

Article Lynley Donnelly - 8 Oct 2015

AB InBev has drawn SABMiller's shareholders into the takeover fray, calling on them to "voice their views".

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SABMiller not falling for takeover bid

Article Staff Reporter - 7 Oct 2015

SABMiller has rejected Anheuser-Busch InBev's offer, saying the approach was timed to take advantage of its "recently depressed share price".

SABMiller takeover could affect sports sponsorship

Article Staff Reporter - 17 Sep 2015

Anheuser-Busch's offer to purchase SABMiller could create a beer giant with no competition to boost sponsorship of teams, leagues and broadcasting.

World’s biggest brewers mull $245bn tie-up

Article Staff Reporter - 16 Sep 2015

AB InBev is considering a takeover of SABMiller to consolidate its position in a market facing the increased popularity of indie craft beers.

A local success: SABMiller’s Nigerian ‘Hero’ beer

Article Staff Reporter - 10 Apr 2014

"Oh Mpa," the Nigerian version of SABMiller's Hero beer, is using a nostalgic appeal to local political ideologies to widen its marketshare.

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